Tony's Cue - Progress Pics

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Hi,

Here are some progress pics of a cue that I have been building for a Chicago Native and great pool player Tony G. This is Tony's second Esoteric Player that he designed all features of the cue for the custom order.

Tony is old school and likes his playing cues to be simple without a lot of bling. I offered to jazz it up with fancy rings and some inlays for him as a favor for this second cue order but he declined, opting for this simple player with a veneer stack mimicking one of his Bushkas.

I will be completing this cue in a few days and can't wait to present it to him. I am going to be wet sanding and buffing the finish today and installing the wrap tonight.

Thanks for looking,

Rick G


Raw Materials for this Fully Cored Cue built on a 5 year seasoned 3/4" Maple Dowel utilizing Garolite Le for the shaft insert and pin embedment anchor.

Tony's Design Submittal for Construction

Glue Clamping Point Veneers

Cue After Gluing Point Veneers

 

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More Progress Pics:

Final taper dimension, ready for pin install.

Hey Tony, Your design is defiantly minimalist & old school, me like! Sometimes less is more. Now that I see it, I am glad you did not let me put on fancy rings. Everyone who comes into my shop wants to hold this cue. It is like a magnet. That heartwood currly is going to pop like a mofo under the finish. I can't wait!

Pin installed within a Garolite Le embedment insert anchor for high tolerance machining to 1/4 thousands run out.:thumbup:

Wrap groove carefully machined to .038 steps.

Cue curing after 4 coats of epoxy was applied to form the substrate (before flat sanding) for the clear coat to be applied

The GE Micarta ferrule installed before the shaft turning so ferrule is contoured to the shaft.

Epoxy substrate flat sand awaiting the clear coat spray finish. Cue rolls perfect on the table:

Joint concentricity A-OK:

A wet sand, buffing, wrap install and tip and you will be running racks.

Final Pics in a day or two.